Twenty years of psychotherapy research support the assertion that there is a direct correlation between rapid response to therapy and positive treatment outcomes. Factors like isolation, increased anxiety, lack of access to medical services, and lack of structure led...
Merging Family Based Treatment and Dialectical Behavior Therapy The majority of young people presenting with moderate to severe eating disorder symptoms can be expected to benefit from first line outpatient treatments like Family-Based Treatment and Enhanced Cognitive...
Merging FBT and DBT for adolescent patients. There is a subset of adolescent eating disorder patients for whom first-line treatments in their pure form are not indicated. Research on an integrated treatment approach including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and...
During moments of intense emotion, it’s imperative to have healthy, easily accessible, and effective coping mechanisms in your back pocket. With this thought in mind, I want to discuss TIP skills, a popular distress tolerance tool. During times of crisis, it’s...
At Columbus Park, we rely on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach our patients mindfulness skills, such as urge surfing, that help them better handle their challenging thoughts, emotions, and urges. Let’s take a closer look at urge surfing, a distress tolerance...
